Country Garden Plants for an English Garden Style

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For American Gardens Colorful Blooms Why “country garden” plants? What denotes a ‘country’ rather than...

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Habit #2 for Highly Successful Plantings

Posted in Gallery, garden tales

"Begin with the End in Mind". How often had I read that as a young gardener? I looked at this habit that 'Highly Successful' people have, and thought, "What a great habit to keep in mind when planting shrubs and trees, or any major gardening project!".

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Variegated Leaves

Posted in foliage, garden design, plant lists

Variegation can produce some gorgeous effects in the garden and we instinctively know that by the way our eyes and hearts are drawn to...

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Too Many Flowers

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How can you say that there are too many flowers? What sort of garden heresy is this? Perhaps too many flowers all at one time is a...

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Your Own French Potager

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There are Kitchen gardens, and then there is the French potager. Like saying, there is cuisine, and then there is French cuisine. You may...

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